List Four Disorders That Are Acquired Through Dominant-Recessive Inheritance

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Essay

List four disorders that are acquired through dominant-recessive inheritance. Are males or females at greater risk for these disorders? Why?

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Definitions:

Ti Plasmid

A plasmid derived from the Agrobacterium tumefaciens bacteria, used in genetic engineering to transfer genes into plant cells.

Genetically Engineer

The process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism in a laboratory through techniques like gene cloning and transformation to achieve desired traits.

Recombinant DNA

A form of DNA that has been modified through combining genetic material from multiple sources, creating sequences that do not exist naturally.

Restriction Enzymes

Proteins that cut DNA at specific recognition sites, widely used in molecular biology for DNA modification.